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Lear, and Edmund; Means, and Ends
“We have been trying, like Lear, to have it both ways: to lay down our human prerogative and yet at the same time to retain it. It is impossible. Either we are rational spirit obliged for ever to obey [absolute … Continue reading
Drones, a Letter to the Editor
Jesus’ Self Knowledge
At what point did Jesus know who he was? In medieval and renaissance art we frequently see an infant, and sometimes newborn, Jesus standing erect, looking out of the painting at, and making the sign of … Continue reading
Progress 11 years on
How has the economy been doing for the since the bust of 2001? It is pertinent question for we often hear of Japan’s lost decade but not much of America’s. And while our situation may not be as dire as … Continue reading
A Summary of Jervell’s Perspective on Acts
Jacob Jervell’s work Luke and the People of God: A New Look at Luke-Acts has transformed studies of first century christianity and early jewish-christian relations. It informs and is informed by the new perspective on Paul as we continue trying to … Continue reading
Links
I decided that the frequent asides are cluttering the blog, so I will delete all of the previous asides (links preserved below) and from now on instead do irregular posts of a collection of links with, I hope, some commentary … Continue reading
Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians in a Nutshell
In a nutshell 1 Corinthians is concerned with factionalism and paganism in the church of God at Corinth. The first, factionalism, is revealed as the focus of Chloe’s report in the first chapter and taken up in chapters one through four. After … Continue reading
A Summary of the New Perspective on Romans
To understand the new view on Romans, and its bedfellow the new view on Paul, one must understand the old view (“of course it wasn’t called that at the time”). Prior to the work of Sanders, Dunn (who coined the … Continue reading
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